眾生無邊誓願度
煩惱無盡誓願斷
法門無量誓願學
佛道無上誓願成

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29 Jul 2019    Monday     2nd Teach Total 1733

Cetasikas of Manas

What kind of mind sentient beings have, the manas (intellect) has what kind of mental factors. Sentient beings are virtuous people with a virtuous mind, so the manas has virtuous mental factors; sentient beings cultivate meditation and have concentration, so the manas has concentration mental factors; sentient beings have wisdom to respond to all phenomena of the mundane and supramundane, so the manas has wisdom mental factors.

If the manas lacks virtuous mental factors, there would be no virtuous people in the world, studying Buddhism could not achieve any accomplishment, sentient beings could not go to the heavens to enjoy blessings, and could not have virtuous karmic retribution. If the manas is not virtuous, no matter how the consciousness influences it, it is useless; sentient beings can never become virtuous. If the manas does not correspond to concentration mental factors, cultivating concentration is useless, and no matter how one practices, they will not attain concentration. If the manas can only have inferior wisdom, then it cannot make any wise choices, cannot do anything correctly, and in spiritual practice, one cannot attain realization or understand the mind. Without wisdom or with inferior wisdom, one can never transform consciousness into wisdom, and can never possess wisdom like that of a Buddha. Could it be that the Buddha's manas was also so inferior and weak? Then how did the Buddha accomplish the Sambhogakaya Buddha through the manas?

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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